Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-07-16
PECULIAR LACn
Brought Out By the Pacific Investigating
Commission at BsavsnyForth.

Brought Out By the Pacific Investigating
Commission at beavsnvorth.
I4EAvElIWORrH, KAN, July B.-Ths Pacifie
railway investigating commission arrived
here this morning and held public session
IN the board of trade rooms, at which they
examined number Of Witnesses. Among
the parties examined were Shaw +. Nicely,
mayor Of LeayenWOrth; Alexander Caldwell,
president, and II. Miles Moore, secretary Of
spOndsnt Of the Kansas City Times. Ed
ward Stlllngs, lawyer; W. NJ.
Todd a wholesale grocer; Leonard
4. Smith and General James @.
Stone. Several Of the witnesses testified
that the people of Leavenworth we're placed
at disadvantage for business by the man
ner IN which the Union Pacific was running
the Kansas Central and other branches, the
Of the branches was made subordinate
TO that Of the main lines which
operated practically az a discrimination
against LeaYenWOrth IN favor Of Kansas
CITY This they held to involve a breach of
understanding entered into by the city of
LeayenwOrth with the builders of the Kan
sas Central, by which, IN consideration OF
$4,000 aid given 70 that road by Leaven-
worth county, that branch was TO be run and
operated as main line way.
The testimony showed that complaints on
the subject had been made TO the
railway commissioners Of the state Of
declined TO interfere, on the ground that the
railroad would have to do business at a lOsz
If It were required to do what the complain
ants desired.
General james G. Stone testified that he
was one Of the promoters and organizers Of
the LeaYenWOrth, PaWnee & Western rail-
road, which subsequently became the Kan
sas Pacific. Ii was through his activity
that the original Pacific railroad bill was
passed through congress. The difficulty
previously had been that each point
on the Missouri river which It
had been proposed to make a starting point
for a trans-cOntinental line had Jealous
rivals in all other river points and he con
ceiyed the idea of having a road from each
point, such as Kansas City LeaVenWOrth,
Omaha and Sioux City. By such
ests had been adjusted and the
bill went through. While giving his testi-
mony he was shown copy Of memOran-
dunn found among General John @. Ere
into bankruptcy, Hallet and Fremont hay
ing bought out Stone. This memorandum
purpOrted to account for the disposition of
about S4,OOO,OOO Of stock of the LeaVenWOrth,
PaWnee q Western railroad by General j a..
Q. Stone and General Thomas Ewing, jr..
to secure the passage Of the Pacific railroad
bill. 1t gives the names Of parties to whom
the stock purpOrts to have been issued, the
running comments IN the hand writ
ing OF this witness to the several
items. When asked as to those COM
ments, he testified that he wrote
of Sam Hailett, or others who were inter
ested. In this memorandum, opposite the
item: ar. W. McBratney, 2, 900 shares, % was
the remark: Supposed to be for POme-
roy" LPOmerOy was senator from Kansas
then.l Opposite the item: "Henry Bennett,
Elmira, n. Y, 10000 shares, $780,
Co.," was the comment: Supposed to
be for H. Bennett, o. P. Usher,
Caleb Smith and R. W. Thompson" and
the additional comment: t'Usher and Ben
nett right; let Smith and Thompson slide"
Opposite the item: "E. w. Chase, Chase
vile, n. Y, )" was the comment: ''But little
service, mostly blackmail." Opposite the
item: ~. F. Cowan, $500 shares, $195, 900, %
be ' for T. Stevens" and the 9 additional
remark: eff any of this stock or
for Mr.. Thaddeus Stevens, that part ought
to be respected" Opposite the item 'Mrs.
Wallis, of the New York Herald, 400 shares,
$50 900, " was the word '.Right." Opposite
s Shares item 5000 SoSSy w SS" the 0fA wo 9S9
'Blackmail." Opposite the item, evil
son, New York Times, 200 shares $4,000, "
was the word Fright" Opposite the item
''B. +. Camp, New York City and others,
$4,000" was the comment: Cut Camp to the
red; supposed to be for Carlisle, of Virginia.
Opposite the item: 'JOnes, 100 shares, $5,-
600, was the comment, Supposed to be
LOLLlGg . LEtCA4ua OppCslLe the 4IGLIls
Fletcher, Holiday and StensOn, Kansas 2, 400
shares, $12O, 0OO,' - was the comment; ''HOld
over them in terror" The witness dis
claimed any personal knowledge as to where
this stock eventually got. He did not know,
personally, that any of 1t had been given for
the purposes of Corrupting legisla-
ton. The R. w. Thompson alluded
to was the t'Dick Thompson, -
according to the testimony of this
witness, who was afterWard secretary of the
United States navy, and the Smith referred
to was at one time secretary of the interior.
The services rendered by the Mr. Usher
alluded to had been to explain the bill to
members Of congress. Being a western man
he had considerable influence.
On the adjournment Of the session, the
commissioners departed for Kansas City.